GCH1 reduces GTP to dihydroneopterin triphosphate

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R-HSA-1474146
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Reaction [transition]
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Homo sapiens
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The first and rate-limiting enzyme in tetrahydrobiopterin de novo biosynthesis is GTP cyclohydrolase I (GCH1, GTPCHI). Three different isoforms are produced but only isoform 1 is functionally active (Gütlich et al. 1994). GCH1 is functional as a homodecamer. First, a monomer of GCH1 forms a dimer. Then five dimers arrange into a ring-like structure to form the homodecamer (Nar et al. 1995).
Literature References
PubMed ID Title Journal Year
7663943 Atomic structure of GTP cyclohydrolase I

Nar, H, Schmid, C, Bacher, A, Weinkauf, S, Meining, W, Huber, R

Structure 1995
8068008 Human GTP cyclohydrolase I: only one out of three cDNA isoforms gives rise to the active enzyme

Rücknagel, KP, Rödl, W, Ziegler, I, Bacher, A, Gütlich, M, Werner, T, Jaeger, E

Biochem J 1994
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GTP cyclohydrolase I activity of GCH1 decamer [cytosol]

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